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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Two days ago I noticed when watching through the app on my phone that I could no longer just skip ads, and the trick of reporting them to skip didn't work anymore either. I effectively had to just sit and wait.

That same day I got NewPipe, imported my subscriptions, and honestly even if this is just a phased trial or something, I won't be going back to the standard YT app.

Creators make pennies from ad revenue. If I want to support them, I'll make a donation or subscribe to their Patreon or something.

I won't just sit and suffer a slew of ads while my data is harvested under the false pretense that it's all to support the creators.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can also try out ReVanced if you wish to access YouTube with your account

https://github.com/ReVanced

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tip! Will give it a go.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is that YouTube infrastructure is ridiculously expensive. Streaming 4K videos is not a joke. Creators won't create crap without YouTube. Sadly all other platforms have died. Again, because running such service is ridicolously expensive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They'd still be trying to pull this shit if all streaming was limited to 144p.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Didn't they limit resolution during the first COVID Peak?